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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sleeping in required

I am ashamed because I didn't take photos of some of the rooms in our house before our renovating began. I had a Lindsay Lohan moment where I thought I had taken pictures, but really I was just thinking about the photos from the real estate listing that weren't even mine. Doh! In this picture of our master bedroom, we had already ripped out the carpet, dismantled another huge mirrored closet identical to the one in the guest room, painted, and moved in our furniture. Still, it was looking as empty as my fiance's wallet after a TJ Maxx trip:

And this is our room after adding Ikea curtains, a Craigslist find rug, art I already had, and some cute accessories and bedding:

Does anyone know why my lampshades have turned so yellow recently? Can they be cleaned or something?

This room has northern and eastern exposure, I love the soft light we get all day.

The chair was a great buy at Overstock, the famous 'Keep Calm' print was purchased on Etsy, table was a hand me down, and the lamp was a TJ Maxx find.

The door on the right leads to what we affectionately call the 'not bathroom'. There used to be a half bath there according to the blueprints we found, but the previous owners decided to drywall and lay a new laminate floor over the plumbing. Why? We really can't figure out many things they did. The door on the left leads to a walk through closet.

One day I will repaint the built in dresser and closet walls, but for now it works fine just the way it is. Do you love those 'huggable hangers' as much as I do? They are so sleek.

The other side of the closet is not quite as charming, but does the trick:

I absolutely love the way our room looks, and want to thank the great Etsy sellers that sold me the pillow covers and artwork for the room: pipdesigns, Lilybethgoodies, and pressureless.

Good night everyone, I'm off to bed. I don't get to sleep in, though. Sigh.

Megan - Thank you! The bedding is a comforter set from TJ Maxx, but I'm not using the matching shams at this time. Unfortunately, it's not a 'name brand' so I don't think you will be able to track it down - one of the only bad things about TJ! The orange tiled and white quilted shams are from Pottery Barn, both sets were purchased cheap on eBay, I don't think they make them any longer.

love this room!! Im a new reader of your blog and very much enjoying it! Where did you get your bed headboard? I am debating on buying an actual bedroom set or doing something like this.. why did you choose the back board?

About Me

My name is Sara. I am a home owner/renovator, photographer, and stay at home mom in the Chicago area trying to cram all kinds of projects into the time my son is at school. Ashford is 5, and our second baby Zach just turned 2, so things are pretty busy around here! I like slightly inappropriate humor, wine, and stalking house blogs. I love starting new DIY projects and sometimes hate finishing them. I love taking portraits of families, children and couples whenever I can. This blog is all about the projects my husband and I tackle, the projects that fizzle, and the funny things that happen to us along the way.